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BIG NEWS EVEN IF YOU DONT LIKE DOLLS FOR WHATEVER REASON IF YOURE ON TUMBLR YOU NEED TO HEAR ABOUT THIS.
So back about roughly sixteen years ago their were to Bratz doll characters who fans headcanoned as a couple. Bratz and MGA have officially called them a couple and girlfriends for at least a year now to my knowledge.
The first ever queer couple fashion doll pack is arriving this month.
But if you don’t care about any of that you have to acknowledge that the Bratz fandom did what the supernatural fandom thought they did.
happy disability pride month to those with conditions no one talks about, online or in general:
multiple sclerosis (me lol)
marfans
cerebral palsy
bells palsy
hidradenitis suppurativa
cauda equina syndrome
mixed connective tissue disorder
hyperadrenergic pots
non hypermobile eds types
stickler syndrome
mitochondrial disease
cystic fibrosis
sickle cell disease
myasthenia gravis
post-cholecystectomy syndrome
SWAN (syndromes without a name)
...just to name a few. i see you and you deserve awareness and understanding.
this list is non exhaustive, rb with other conditions you want to see represented!!
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Queer Composers
For Pride Month, I would like to share a list of some of my favorite queer composers. Being queer doesn’t matter when talking about the music, and there is no other commonality that pairs these composers together. The point isn’t to say that queerness makes their music more valuable or influences their music, rather the point is to recognize diversity, and to acknowledge queer visibility. I understand the people who scratch their heads or roll their eyes at the idea of bringing up queer composers, and to them I say the point is simply to recognize their existence, because prejudices and biases through time have worked on erasing or revising history in order to keep hidden this aspect of the human condition. You could shrug and say “Who cares if Tchaikovsky was gay?” and I would say, “You’re right, it doesn’t matter much outside of biographies, but if you acknowledged Tchaikovsky’s homosexuality in Russia you could be arrested for “promoting gay propaganda”. I am also motivated by a comment from a friend who admitted they think the concept of “Pride” for anything you cannot control is “idiotic”. My response can be summed up as, when a group has been shamed for years for their identity, they will be ready to sing about it from the mountaintops when it is accepted. In other words, it is not about who is better or worse, rather it is the opposite of shame, and hopefully putting a human face on something that a lot of people only consider in the abstract.
In no particular order, here is some cool music by some queer people;
Tchaikovsky: Possibly the greatest composer in Russian history, and one of the greatest composers in general. Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky wrote in multiple genre, from symphonies to concertos to ballets, chamber music, opera…and while he can be criticized for the way he develops themes, his music is melodic and passionate and brimming with life. Among my favorites are his fourth symphony, the second piano concerto, the first orchestral suite, his piano trio, and his concert fantasy.
Poulenc: One of the members of Les Six, a group of Modernist French composers who were reacting against “overblown” Post-Romantic music, and methodical 12-tone serialism, Francis Poulenc can be described as a “neo-classicist”, sometimes his music resembles Stravinsky. The music tends to mix two unlikely moods: goofy, fun melodies and rhythms, and solemn religious contemplation. Cosmopolitan and Catholic, Poulenc was able to juxtapose opposite ends of the spectrum of the human condition; our vulgarity and profanity, and our spirituality and the desire for divine connection. My favorite works by him are his Organ Concerto, his harpsichord concerto “Concert-champêtre”, the concerto for two pianos, the cello sonata, and his Gloria.
Smyth: An English composer and an important figure in the Woman’s Suffrage movement, Ethel Smyth was a Post-Romantic who wrote powerful music lively with the British sense of nobility and strength. In the same ironic tragedy Beethoven went through, Smyth started to lose her hearing from 1913 onward, and so she gave up composing in favor of writing. While that is a shame, she left behind a good handful of orchestral and chamber music. My favorites by her are the overture to one of her operas, The Wreckers, her serenade which is kind of evocative of Brahms, and her gargantuan Mass in D Major.
Szymanowski: A Polish composer from the first half of the 20th century whose life can be seen as a narrative of seeking identity. Karol Szymanowski started out writing in the Post Romantic German style, with dense textures and a lot of chromatic modulation, but he was losing interest in this idiom quickly. He was inspired by Persian poetry he came across, and started writing in an Impressionistic way focusing on Mediterranean cultures, influenced by Greek and Roman mythology, Middle Eastern poetry, and the atmosphere of the Mediterranean as being a diverse mixing of cultures. Later in his life, he decided to look back at Poland for inspiration and finally found his “authentic” Polish identity in music inspired by the folk stories and Catholicism of Poland. My favorite works by him are his nocturne and tarantella for violin and piano, his song cycle the Love Songs of Hafiz, the third symphony, and his Stabat Mater.
Barber: It’s possible to say that Samuel Barber’s music is a good representative of American culture…a diverse mix of differences that complement each other. He took after jazz and blues, and after experiments in tonality heard in Europe and other American composers like Charles Ives, and he took after Romanticism with deep and powerful music. My favorite works by him are the Adagio for Strings which is heavily inspired by Mahler, his piano concerto, and Knoxville: Summer of 1915.
Copland: Another great portrait of America, Aaron Copland was considered one of the quintessential “American” composers of the 20th century, despite the combined factors of being gay, Jewish, leftist, and inspired by Russian and French modernism. All of those were seen as outsiders of the general American public. Even so, taking after Stravinsky, Copland’s music is full of spaciousness and open chords, melodies that range from longing to folksy and fun. My favorite works by him are his clarinet concerto, violin sonata, fanfare for the common man, and his ballet Appalachian Spring.
And if you reblog this list, feel free to add any of your favorite queer composers and share their music, their names, their faces.
Happy pride!
desi pride moodboard: mlm pride flag
"he's freed some fire from ice in pity for heaven. he's left open- for god - the doors of hell tonight." // agha shahid ali, tonight
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Happy gay month!
Howdy to all my bitches, bros, and non-binary hoes! The time has come and it is finally our month. Have fun, stay safe, and tell the homophobes to suck it! Love y'all you little fruit cakes.
THE LIQUID MORKITE IN THE FUNGUS BOGS IS TURNING THE FRIGGING GLYPIDS GAY
DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME
TURN THE FRIGGING GLIPHIDS GAY
Zel has a bunch of toy mice, and sometimes she naps with them. Happy Pride!
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Another entry in Taka's accidental adventures in insulting people.
As someone who has an allergy to face-paint I have to duck and weave when folk bring out the rainbow face-paint sticks at pride, and I always have the urge to justify myself...
But no one believes you if you say something like 'I swear, I'm not honophobic! I just have an allergy!'
an "Allergy" indeed...
Happy Pride Month y'all!! 💖🧡💛💚💙💜
I accidentally sent this to a random gc full of homophones but I spammed hottogo lyrics to cover it up. My friends thought it was silly.
I support this. This it fucking gold, tbh.
Reblog if you're not homophobic
Every url that reblog’s will be written in a book and shown to my homophobic dad.
happy lesbian visibility day and week!! 🧡🤍💗
lots of love for all my girlkissers including... me! i wanted to do something themed but bc of my injury im not able to</3
instead, here's some lesbians i drew last year to celebrate! love you💌
feat. Sunlow, random rainwing girls and my gf and i's sonas <33
Valentines themed fan art a month late because I have school. Still fun though.
what is blue lock even about snymore i swear it’s js a bunch of gay teenagers atp
Wild Geraniums
INEJ GHAFA X FEM!READER
Fluff/ cute stuff.
Inej coming out to the crows when she's dating u :)
Warnings : mentions of Sexual abuse, sexual slavery, girlxgirl, Y/N is a girl. Lesbian relationship. (I'm not good @ writing warnings so basically if u read SoC and got out fine you can read this)
Inej P.O.V
The wraith.
The name whispered amoung the ranks of the Dregs had now been given to her beloved boat.
Inej sighed contently as she looked out at the blue sea before her.
The breeze knitted a soft braid into her dark hair, the sea salt scented winds filled her senses as her eyes fell on the city which was Ketterdam.
The crows had organised a little meeting, after a few years of not seeing eachother together, this was finally a week of rest, relaxation and fun for Inej. She wouldn't be going out to sea anymore. For a mont atleast.
Nina and Matthais had planned for the group to visit their house in Fjerda. Inej was thrilled to meet their son, who would be turning one this year. Jesper wanted to take them to meet his Da, Colm Fahey, whom Inej missed in all her travels. She was eager to see how Kaz had expanded the crow club. Wylan wanted to tour all over Shu Han and Ravka, and Inej wasn't one to object.
Inej laughed thinking of all the fun they'd have.
“Captain! We prepare to anchor?” a familiar voice perked up from behind Inej. She felt two arms wrap around her waist.
She knew who it was.
Y/N Y/L/N, her most trusted travel companion and most importantly—
Girlfriend
“ofcourse my love.” Inej laughed.
“Inej!” Jesper exclaimed, running toward the girl as she walked through the familiar doors of the crow club.
“Jes!” yelled Inej as Jesper twirled her in the air.
“Good to see you back, wraith, or should I say, captain Ghafa.” rasped Kaz from beside him, extending a gloved hand.
“Good to see you too, Kaz.” replied Inej, taking his hand in hers.
Inej's heart bubbled at the sight of her two brothers, or the closest thing she had to them.
“Where are Nina and Matthais?” she asked.
“They arrived a about thirty minutes ago. Wylan went to pick them up.” answered Jesper.
“Are they bringing their son?”
“I think they are. Not sure.” Kaz scratched the back of his head.
“Inej, my love, where do I put my luggage?” huffed Y/N as she pulled in a huge chest like suitcase.
“My love? Who is she, Inej?” asked Jesper, repeating Y/N’s words in shock.
Inej turned to Kaz, face flushing furiously, hoping to see disappointment of some sort. But instead, she found him grinning madly from ear to ear.
He wore a look. A look which asked , ‘are you both together? When ? Where? How? Tell me.’
Inej smiled shyly.
“I thought I'd tell you all. Together.”
“Tell us what together?” Called Wylan from the doorway.
“Wylan!” Inej cheered.
The boy barreled toward her, wrapping her up in a tight hug.
“We. Have. So. Much. To. Talk about!” squealed Wylan, squeezing Inej's palms.
“Inej! There's my favourite pirate!” before Inej could process, Nina Zenik had her engulfed in her welcoming arms, joined by Matthais Helvar and a certain little child.
“Nina! Saints, it's been long!” Inej chuckled, wiggling out of the corpse witch’s grip.
“Okay okay! We need to go out for waffles! That's a must!” yelled Nina. “And this, is Feliks Sven Helvar, my adorable little boy.” Nina held up a small child.
“Hello, Little one.” cooed Inej, holding out her finger for the infant, who gladly took it.
He was an adorable tiny blend of Nina and Matthais. He had Matthais’s Fjerdan nose, and Nina's Ravkan warm forest green eyes. He had ombre hair, blonde locks like his father, which were brown at the roots like his mother's.
“So, Inej here, has a little something to tell us.” Jesper cleared his throat and gestured between Inej and Y/N.
“Oh! Who's this?” asked Wylan.
“ I'm Y/N Y/L/N, part of Inej's amazing crew.” grinned the girl, sinking into a bow.
“ And, my girlfriend.” said Inej, wrapping her arm around Y/N's waist.
Y/N's expression was shocked. Are you sure about this? She mouthed uncertainty.
It's not that you were embarrassed of your relationship. You were very affectionate, leaving springs of wild Geraniums in Inej's cups, her hats, and her books. Buying her thoughtful gifts. Hugging her and cuddling her whenever you got the chance to. But Inej knew the fact why you cast her that look.
No one knew about their relationship. So far, only a few among their crew and Inej's parents knew.
Inej was scared about how the crows would react about her intrest in girls, she hoped that something bad wouldn't happen.
Y/N was shipped from a few brothels and bawds before Inej freed her. She had no family. Her trauma probably lead her to fear what others might think of her being not so straight.
Inej faced the same fear. She knew the crows wouldn't be mad or weird about her interests. But saints, Inej had to worry.
“Oh my saints! We need to celebrate! With waffles ofcourse.” Nina cut the silence.
Jesper was the first to laugh. The others followed. Even Kaz let out a small chuckle.
“ Welcome to the family Y/N Y/L/N.” Said Jesper, pulling you into a hug.
“ We're so happy to meet you.” Wylan joined the hug.
Soon, Inej saw her whole group of friends, including Kaz, coddled around a very happy Y/N.
“Thank you f-for accepting me.” said Y/N, voice no higher than a whisper.
Inej looked at her girlfriend with happy tears in her eyes.
Y/N lunged forward into Inej's arms. Inej returned the gesture with a kiss on her forehead.
“Waffles.” Nina perked up.
“ Yes Nina. Waffles.” Kaz rolled his eyes. “Tell me how you took care of her while pregnant? Is this how your tree god paid you for my tree jokes?” he asked Matthais.
The Fjerdan let out a booming hearty laugh, starting the child in his arms.
“So, Y/N.” Jesper began, bouncing from one foot to another. “ What is Inej's favourite flower?” he raised a brow.
“ Wild Geraniums.” replied Y/N, pulling out a spring of the said flower from her pockets.
“This calls for a celebration!” yelled Wylan.
The rest of the crows smiled, nodding in agreement.
HAPPY PRIDE MONTH IT'S BEEN FIFTEEN MINUTES AND I ALREADY FEEL GAYER WOOO
ALSO ITS PRIDE MONTHS LONG LIVE THE QUEERS <33
After having finished it over 3 years ago, I'm finally releasing my short film, Fen!
To see it, click on this magic shortcut here! ^^
I made this short as my graduation project back at my old art school, the USFQ, but I kept it private to be able to submit it to festivals. But now that its festival run is over, I can finally release it to the public!
I also wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone who participated in the production of this movie, be it by helping with the music, the voices, the logo, or just with their love and support. This movie is yours, too!
Anyways, I hope you like it, and... Happy Pride Day!
(English subtitles are available alongside French and Spanish!)
I'm getting back on old art I made, this one was made for pride 2022 with two characters of mine, Lydia and Fen!
Happy Ace Week Everyone!
You are valid and welcome here
— ur local aroace 🧡💛🤍🩵💙
All y’all are welcome here! -ur local aroace :D
quick reminder that my own gay ass genuinely supports the hell outta each and every one of you. regardless if i know you or not, im happy to be living in this shithole of a life in the same world with you.
and im proud of you, i know in my heart just how beautiful, amazing, talented, smart, and worthy you are and i hope you can see that too🏳️🌈🌈
Happy pride month!
You can find this design on my redbubble
HAPPY PRIDE MONTH MY FRIENDS!!!
Here are the inaugural TEN weapons in my ORIENTATION & GENDER ARMORY series! Each weapon was designed using the flag of the orientation represented for inspiration!
If you want to pick up some sweet D&D/weapons enthusiast/not-just-another-flag-on-a-shirt-related pride gear, check out my redbubble here! I also have an Inprnt if you’re interested in that!
Stay tuned for info on new merch soon! Hope you love them as much as I do!
these days i can only enjoy the tales of others despair
for the childhood stories of fantasy and magic and dragons no longer brings me joy
they call me to forever mourn my lack of ability to lift off the ground
of my craft never able to transfigure
of never being born a boy
My God this is so cute!
Dream SMP doodles to close off pride month 2021